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Unlike large law firms, the majority of non-profit and government employers cannot predict their needs this early in the hiring cycle and will hire for summer and post-graduate positions throughout the year. That said, there are some specific public sector recruiting programs that take place in the late summer/early fall, so keep an eye on Hoya Headlines and your Georgetown email for details, and make an appointment with an OPICS counselor to discuss your individualized search for public sector opportunities.

One of the upcoming programs is the Government Interview Program (GIP), which will take place on September 15, with a few additional dates throughout the fall. GIP is a preselect interview programs that require cover letters and resumes, for paid summer internships and a limited number of post-graduate employment positions with federal, state, and local government agencies and public defenders’/prosecutors’ offices. Specific details and deadlines for GIP will be available on August 1.

Judge George Hazel, United States District Court for the District of Maryland, is currently hiring judicial interns for summer 2014. Judge Hazel is a Georgetown Law alumnus who recently ascended to the bench in Greenbelt. A judicial intern’s primary responsibility is to work with the judge and clerks to prepare drafts of proposed memorandum opinions and to prepare draft bench memoranda.

Participating employers arenow viewableunder the OCI tab in Symplicity, under the "2014 Early Interview Week" session.Student bidding will begin on June 16 and end on July 7. Now is a great time to start researching firms before the bidding period officially begins. Please read through theEIW Student Manualfor a check list of tasks to complete, resume upload and bidding instructions, policies, open sign-up info and other helpful tips.

You may also begin scheduling EIW counseling appointments; counselors are available for both in-person and phone appointments. Please DO NOT wait until the last minute to make an appointment. Due to heavy demand, counselor schedules will fill up quickly and there is no guarantee that an appointment will be available if you wait until closer to the bidding deadline. Call OCS at (202)662-9300 orgo onlineto schedule an appointment. For more information, refer to theEIW Student Manualand visit theEIW website.

Have you started your law firm research in preparation for Early Interview Week? And are you still looking for more information to help you differentiate between law firms? If so, attending one or more of the scheduled law firm receptions could be the help you need!

Law firms host summer receptions to introduce themselves and to get to know you before fall recruiting starts in August. OCS will keep a running list of all summer receptions being held in Symplicity. To view the receptions in Symplicity, click the events tab and then the info sessions & events tab. If you have any questions please email the OCS recruitment team at carsvsrecruiting@law.georgetown.edu.

OCS would like to welcome Gary McGinnis as our newest counselor! Gary joins the Office of Career Services after nearly three years as a career adviser at the University of Michigan Law School. Prior to his work in career planning, Gary worked as an associate in the Insurance and Financial Services Litigation Group in Sidley Austin LLP's Chicago office, where his practice centered on reinsurance arbitration and class action defense. He earned his J.D. at the University of Virginia School of Law in 2009, where he served on the editorial board of the Virginia Sports and Entertainment Law Journal, and his B.A., magna cum laude, in political science and French from Albion College in 2006. Gary will serve as the OCS counselor for Section 1 and will be available for appointments beginning June 2.